William Bruey

Will is CEO and Co-Founder of Varda Space Industries, a microgravity-enabled life sciences company whose hypersonic reentry capsules leverage the unique environment of microgravity in low-Earth orbit. Prior to Varda, Will served as Director of Global Equities Technology at Bank of America. He was the lead avionics engineer at SpaceX and flew Dragon on eight missions to the International Space Station. Will holds a B.S. in Applied Physics from Cornell and a master’s in Systems Engineering. He was raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and his hobbies include flying and maintaining his Cozy MK4 aircraft.